Shoe-polishing brush



A. L. DELVAUX.

SHOE POLISHING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1919.

Patented July 22, 1919.

amozutoz with woo ARTHUR. L. DELVAUX, 0F GHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

SHOE-POLISHING BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented.July 22, 1919.

Application filed March 10, 1919. Serial No. 281,676.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. DELVAUX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Champaign, in the county of Champ'aign and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Polishing Brush, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe polishing brushes and has as its principalobject to provide a holder for retaining the blacklng box on the brushwhen not in use so as to avoidthe separation of the brush and box.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder for retainingthe box of shoe polish effectively and conveniently upon the brush.

Another object is to provide a brush attachment of the above characterwhich is simple in construction, consists of few parts, and which willnot render the brush cumbersome to handle.

With the above and other objects in view that will be enlarged uponhereinafter, the invention consists of the novel combination,arrangement of parts and specific details to be hereinafter describedand illustrated and ex licitly defined in the appended claim.

11 the drawing: Figurel is a side elevation of a shoe brush having myholder mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing the device mounted upon the upperface of the back part of the brush.

Referring to the drawing wherein like parts are designated bycorresponding characters of reference throughout all of the views, thenumeral 5 denotes a shoe polishing brush of any well known type.

The improved holder comprises, a length of resilient metal 10. Thislength of metal is bent transversely at right angles as indicated at 11and again bent at right angles at 11. This manner of bending the lengthof metal affords a pair of parallel gripping members indicated by thenumerals 12 and 13, the gripping member 13 being secured to the brush 5at one end of the same by fastenings 14. The end of the member 13 isbent outwardly at an angle as indicated at 15. The gripping member 12has its end transversely curved to conform to the curvature of the box,this transversely curved part belng denoted by the numeral 16. Byproviding the angularly disposed end of the gripping member it isnecessary to turn the blackening box at an angle to engage the samebetween the two gripping members, this causes the box to contact withthe gripping members 12 and force the same away from the gripping member13 and thereby cause the box to be gripped firmly.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the box holding device is mountedupon the upper face of the back of the brush. However, the constructionof the box holder is not altered,

From this disclosure it will be manifest that the brush together withits attachment may be manufactured and sold as one article, or theattachment sold as a separate article, the attachment not addingmaterially to the cost of the brush.

This form of the invention is merely for the purpose of illustrating myidea and in no sense do I limit myself to the exact formation herein setforth but that the invention may be modified in as many respects as maybe fairly embodied in the sub-joined claim.

What is claimed is In a device of the character described, a support, abox retaining clamp secured to the support including a length ofresilient metal bent in substantially U-shaped formation and including apair of parallel gripping members, one of the gripping members beingprovided with a longitudinally curved end which extends toward theremaining gripping member, the latter member being transversely curvedto conform to the contour of the box, the curved end of said grip-' pingmember and the transversely curved end of said other gripping membercoacting to retain the box therebetween.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR L. DELVAUX.

Witnesses:

T. C. SULLIVAN, ESTHER LAEGEOSER.

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